Nicholas Sparks Quotes

We are not what other people say we are. We are who we know ourselves to be, and we are what we love. That's okay.

Nobody else can tell you what you are.

What is I? It's what you are, not what others make of you.

And people get all fouled up because they want the world to have meaning as if it were words... As if you had a meaning, as if you were a mere word, as if you were something that could be looked up in a dictionary. You are meaning.

I was brought up to believe that how I saw myself was more important than how others saw me.

What I am is what I am. Are you what you are - or what?

People can call you many different things, but you are not what people call you. You are what you answer to.

I'm fascinated by what makes up a self, how one becomes a self, how much is it an answer to others and how much is it an essence of self.

You are unfortunately most of the time defined by your success, when your success is not a major part of your personality.

...that I alone hold the definition of what I am.

I am me, whatever that means. I am conscious.

We live our lives based on who we think we are.

Be sure you separate 'who you are' from 'what you have' and 'what you do'.

Maybe I’d like to be defined by what I am.

I must be very clear in one thing... Being a pageant girl is not who I am or what defines me.

It's so much easier to know who you are when there aren't a thousand people telling you who they think you are.

If you lose who you are, what do you have?

At some point, the pride has to be a part of the whole day-to-day oeuvre. It's part of who you are and doesn't need to be discussed anymore.

I have never felt that the one thing that I am 'known for' is what I am.

I didn't want to have to deal with having any moniker or separation between the self that I see and know myself as.

I try not to define myself. Other people are going to do that for you anyway.

I've never, ever labeled myself.

How you define yourself is a major issue for young people and adults alike.

The idea that there is a sharp boundary between our true inner selves and the outside world is pervasive but highly questionable. The boundaries of the self might well be more porous than we ordinarily think.

I don't think any woman wants to be known for being beautiful or busty. I think you want to be known for who you are.